A new nonprofit organization proposes building a shipping-container restaurant in Soulsville. The 275 Food Project would offer yearlong culinary training for future chefs of color while providing fresh, locally sourced food at affordable prices for the economically distressed neighborhood.

As near as anyone can tell, people have been frying food since the Middle Ages. I like to think that this unknown date, when a first fritter was dunked in boiling fat, was our true moment of civilization. Around the world, perhaps nothing fries up as nicely as a chicken. Setting aside vegetarians and the extremely health conscious, it is everyone’s favorite food. Right?